Malls · New York
Lockport Mall
Opened 1971. Closed 2006. Redeveloped in 2015.
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Site profile8 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
Montgomery Ward
This site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -0.2% census-acs · all sites with thisTract house prices doubled in 10 years
This site: +131% fhfa · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: Walmart supercenter extraction · all sites with thisGrocery
This site: Walmart supercenter extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Demolishedextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | retailextracted, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Walmart supercenterextracted, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2015extracted, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Walmartextracted, unreviewed |
Securitised debt and public filers
As reported by the owner
Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.
| Year end | Filer | Name in filing | GLA sq ft | Occupancy | Years | Share | Sales psf | Anchors listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | General Growth Properties 10-K, 2013-02-28 | Lockport Mall Lockport, NY match: exact | 100.0% leased | 100.0% | ||||
| 2009 | General Growth Properties 10-K, 2010-03-01 | Lockport Mall Lockport, NY match: exact | 90,734 in-line 90,734 | |||||
| 2006 | General Growth Properties 10-K, 2007-03-01 | Lockport Mall Lockport, NY match: exact | 336,070 |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail stationOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 11: ASPEN DENTAL; CUSTOM MUFFLER SERVICE CENTER; FORMER LOCKPORT MALL; HEINRICH CHEVROLET; MONRO MUFFLER BRAKE #13EPA FRS |
| Census tract 36063023401 | 6,748 people, 304 per sq mi; median household income $99,130; median gross rent $333; 11% renters; 6.7% vacant units; 0.7% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 7.5 of 20; 37 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.71; 35,711 jobs within 45 min by car; 2% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 5 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 1 schools, 11 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 0 civic, 18 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Niagara County (NY), 2024 | 0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 2 in 2–4, 165 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.30; socioeconomic 0.29; housing and transport 0.37; 15% below 150% of poverty; 6% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 0 within 10 km, 3 within 25 kmcomputed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 18,488 m², 6.792118549346924 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 20,617 since 2015; 1,300 in the last 12 months (-20% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-04 with 299Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population -8% (7,361 → 6,748); median income +58% ($62,750 → $99,130); renters 22% → 11%; median home value +94% ($119,900 → $232,400)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively low overall (score 41.2); expected annual loss $1.4M; community resilience very highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 1 LIHTC properties, 164 units: Foxwood Place (164 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 722 establishments (-2%); 9,867 jobs (-7%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $254,624 (+5% 1 yr, +35% 5 yr); typical rent $1,177/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 499 (2000 = 100); +5.4% 1 yr, +76% 5 yr, +131% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 26,390 vehicles a day on 78 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,312 trucks; 27 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Lockport Mall opened in 1971 as an enclosed shopping center with three anchors and a movie theater. After General Growth Properties acquired it in 1978, the mall declined and closed in 2006 except for the Bon‑Ton store. Demolition began in 2011 and a Walmart supercenter opened on the site in 2015.
Why. The record does not specify anchor losses, competition, or debt as causes; it notes the mall’s closure (except Bon‑Ton) and subsequent Walmart redevelopment plans.
Where it stands. The site is currently demolished and occupied by a Walmart supercenter, with Walmart listed as the developer of the retrofit.
For a planner
- Precedent: conversion of a closed mall to a big‑box retail anchor (Walmart).
- No policy tools or incentives are mentioned in the record.
- Open questions: what zoning changes or approvals were required for the Walmart supercenter, and were any environmental or community impact assessments conducted?
For a developer
- Site size: 340,000 sf GLA (as reported).
- Control: Walmart acted as the developer for the retrofit completed in 2015.
- Entitlement stage: retrofit already built; site is fully entitled for the Walmart supercenter.
- Constraints from context layers: unknown – no flood, transit, or environmental data provided in the record.
- Market signals from tract data: unknown – tract‑level demographics or spending data are not included.
What we do not know yet
- Missing context‑layer information (floodplain, transit access, environmental constraints).
- No tract‑level market or demographic data to assess local demand.
- Record lacks details on anchor tenant losses, competition, or financial pressures that led to closure.
- Information on any public incentives, zoning variances, or community approvals for the Walmart project is not present.
- Fields such as year_retrofit and developer are marked as extraction and the record is flagged as 'draft', indicating they may be unverified.
Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.
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Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Lockport Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and state only, check the city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- Lockport Mall - Lockport, NY | Flickr flickr.com
- Twin Tiers Retail: The Last Traces of the Lockport Mall twintiersretail.blogspot.com
- Larry Ransom | Blog — Inside the vacant Lockport Mall in 2006. larryransom.tumblr.com
- Lockport Mall Ames 1 by StudioGGG on DeviantArt deviantart.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- closed or demolished site (sourced)
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Opened | 1971Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2006extracted, unreviewed |
| Gross leasable area | 340,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 5Esri 2014 layer |
| Anchors | The Sample, The Bon-Ton, Montgomery Ward, Family Bargain Center |
| Address | Transit Rd. @ Shimer Dr. |
| County | Niagara |
| Census division | 2 · Mid-Atlantic |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States |
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Background
Lockport Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in South Lockport, New York located on Transit Road. It opened in 1971 and included three anchor stores as well as a movie theater. The mall closed in 2006 except for the Bon-Ton department store. First announced in 2007, plans for a Walmart supercenter would displace the rest of the former mall building. The mall's demolition began in April 2011.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1971 Opened (Wikidata)
- 1971 Opened
- 1971 Original tenants listed
- 1978 Acquired by General Growth Properties
- 2003 Walmart supercenter plans announced
- 2006 Mall closed (except Bon-Ton)
- 2011 Demolition began
- 2015 Walmart supercenter opened
Sources
- Wikipedia: Lockport Mall · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
11 quoted sentences
The mall closed in 2006 except for the Bon-Ton department store.
Construction of the Walmart has repeatedly been halted due to seagulls nesting on the site. In October 2013, construction finally continued on the site, and it opened in 2015
The mall's demolition began in April 2011.
Plans were first announced in 2003 to demolish everything but the Bon-Ton building and replace the mall structure with a Walmart supercenter.
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02
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